Event 16: James Romero Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,855)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 260

James Romero

James Romero moved all in for his last 32,000 under the gun, and action folded around to the blinds. Chance Kornuth re-shoved from the small, and Miguel Riera Suarez called all in for 253,000 in the big, putting himself at risk in the process.

Romero: Jc8d
Kornuth: 6c9c
Suarez: TsTc

The board ran out Kd9s8s2c4h, and Suarez won the pot with a pair of tens, more than doubling up. Romero was eliminated as the first casualty of the final table.

Miguel Riera Suarez – 558,000 (35 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 530,000 (33 bb)
James Romero – Eliminated in 10th place ($4,855)